Project summary

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), under the U.S. Department of State-funded Controlling HIV Epidemic Program (CHEP), supports the Government of Zambia in achieving and sustaining HIV epidemic control in line with national and global targets, including the 95-95-95 goals.

The program goal is to support the Defense Force of Zambia (DFZ) to reach sustainable control of the HIV epidemic in the military by building the technical capacity of the DFMS health systems to implement a person-centered HIV prevention, care and treatment program aligned with national guidelines and US Global Health Security and Diplomacy strategy.

To improve treatment coverage to set targets and management of advanced HIV Disease.

Improve viral load coverage across all populations

Improve cervical cancer screening and treatment

Increasing coverage of comprehensive and client-centered PMTCT and HIV prevention, diagnosis, care, and treatment services in communities and health facilities to reach and maintain 95-95-95 in all networks.

Increasing utilization of community and facility-based quality, person-centered, integrated PMTCT and HIV services.

Increasing capacities of the DFMS to gradually transition Direct Service Delivery (DSD) of quality integrated health services and sustain services beyond activity implementation.

Job summary

Reports to The ART Nurse/Clinician will work collaboratively with defense health facilities to support DFZ staff in providing direct high-quality, client-centered HIV, TB/HIV, PMTCT care in DoD/DHAPP supported sites. These include support provision of direct care in HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care, and TB services (including initiation to ART, retention to care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy) across the DHAPP supported facilities.

Main duties

• Participates in day-to-day running of the HIV/AIDS clinics at supported health facilities including daily enrollment of all newly identified HIV positive clients including pregnant and Breastfeeding women, children, adolescents and adults.
• Works with health facility staff and project seconded staff or volunteers to strengthen targeted HIV eligibility screening at all facility entry points, testing of children, adolescents and adults eligible for the HIV test.
• Daily review of all HTS services data tools both at facility and community level to track all new HIV positive clients.
• Supports implementation of the Differentiated Service delivery models for HIV Care and treatment in the districts/health facilities under his/her jurisdiction
• Leads in routine assessment and identification of capacity building and service delivery needs to ensure quality services across the continuum of the HIV care.
• Participates in capacity enhancement activities including organizing tailored site mentorships to address performance and quality gaps, in accordance with project, cluster and district-specific weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans.
• Participates in support supervision, mentoring and coaching activities using the Quality Improvement approach in line with the national quality improvement framework.
• Closely works with the facility to ensure that weekly, monthly and quarterly results are reported as per MoD, project and donor reporting guidelines, including ensuring quality of HIV data.
• Ensures the project’s facility HIV/AIDS support for activities is well coordinated and demonstrate results towards set targets.
• In collaboration with supported facility staff, monitor and support attainment of HIV Care enrolment, Care & Treatment Performance targets for Pregnant and breastfeeding women, and Pediatric, adolescents and adults population as per the national guidelines.
• Works with other facilities, and project staff to plan and implement quality improvement activities to improve HIV testing outputs, enrollment into care and on ART, clinical and laboratory services monitoring aimed at improved delivery of high quality HIV continuum of services for pregnant and breastfeeding woman, children, adolescents and adults.
• Supports facility in targeted network in forecasting, quantifying and requisitioning adequate commodities to support the HIV care and treatment continuum including ARVs, HIV test kits, viral load kits and advance HIV disease management commodities.
• Participates in performance review mechanisms at facility or network level.
• Participates in activities under other program areas as will be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or HIV Nurse prescriber with experience in clinical services delivery
• Diploma in clinical medicine
• Additional training in HIV/AIDS clinical management
• Knowledge in HIV/AIDS clinical management, including the current national guidelines for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
• At least 2 years’ experience in managing HIV/AIDS services in clinical settings.
• Willingness to work in rural settings.

Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Participates in day-to-day running of the HIV/AIDS clinics at supported health facilities including daily enrollment of all newly identified HIV positive clients including pregnant and Breastfeeding women, children, adolescents and adults.
• Works with health facility staff and project seconded staff or volunteers to strengthen targeted HIV eligibility screening at all facility entry points, testing of children, adolescents and adults eligible for the HIV test.
• Daily review of all HTS services data tools both at facility and community level to track all new HIV positive clients.
• Supports implementation of the Differentiated Service delivery models for HIV Care and treatment in the districts/health facilities under his/her jurisdiction
• Leads in routine assessment and identification of capacity building and service delivery needs to ensure quality services across the continuum of the HIV care.
• Participates in capacity enhancement activities including organizing tailored site mentorships to address performance and quality gaps, in accordance with project, cluster and district-specific weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans.
• Participates in support supervision, mentoring and coaching activities using the Quality Improvement approach in line with the national quality improvement framework.
• Closely works with the facility to ensure that weekly, monthly and quarterly results are reported as per MoD, project and donor reporting guidelines, including ensuring quality of HIV data.
• Ensures the project’s facility HIV/AIDS support for activities is well coordinated and demonstrate results towards set targets.
• In collaboration with supported facility staff, monitor and support attainment of HIV Care enrolment, Care & Treatment Performance targets for Pregnant and breastfeeding women, and Pediatric, adolescents and adults population as per the national guidelines.
• Works with other facilities, and project staff to plan and implement quality improvement activities to improve HIV testing outputs, enrollment into care and on ART, clinical and laboratory services monitoring aimed at improved delivery of high quality HIV continuum of services for pregnant and breastfeeding woman, children, adolescents and adults.
• Supports facility in targeted network in forecasting, quantifying and requisitioning adequate commodities to support the HIV care and treatment continuum including ARVs, HIV test kits, viral load kits and advance HIV disease management commodities.
• Participates in performance review mechanisms at facility or network level.
• Participates in activities under other program areas as will be assigned by the supervisor.

• HIV/AIDS clinical management
• Clinical services delivery
• HIV prevention
• HIV testing
• HIV treatment
• TB/HIV care
• PMTCT
• Data management
• Mentorship
• Quality Improvement
• Reporting
• Commodity forecasting and requisitioning

• Registered Nurse or HIV Nurse prescriber with experience in clinical services delivery
• Diploma in clinical medicine
• Additional training in HIV/AIDS clinical management
• Knowledge in HIV/AIDS clinical management, including the current national guidelines for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
• At least 2 years’ experience in managing HIV/AIDS services in clinical settings.
• Willingness to work in rural settings.